Theatrum Anatomicum from Leiden Academy, 1609, Bartholomeus Willemsz. Dolendo (Possibly), after Jan Cornelisz. van 't Woudt, 1609 print Theatrum Anatomicum, anatomical theater of the University of Leiden, 1609. In the middle a professor (Peter Paaw?) Who gives anatomical lessons standing behind a table on which a dissected human body; His Amanuensis stands with him. All sorts of frame and skeletons of people and animals are set up in the entire amphitheater between the spectators present. Behind the professor a cupboard with medical instruments, on which the Archium instrumentorum anatomicorum
Theatrum Anatomicum from Leiden Academy, 1609, Bartholomeus Willemsz. Dolendo (Possibly), after Jan Cornelisz. van 't Woudt, 1609 print Theatrum Anatomicum, anatomical theater of the University of Leiden, 1609. In the middle a professor (Peter Paaw?) Who gives anatomical lessons standing behind a table on which a dissected human body; His Amanuensis stands with him. All sorts of frame and skeletons of people and animals are set up in the entire amphitheater between the spectators present. Behind the professor a cupboard with medical instruments, on which the Archium instrumentorum anatomicorum inscription. Leiden a cartouche with a face on the city in the upper part in the middle. At the top allegorical figures of a man who blows bubbles and a lying woman; Both symbolize transience. This copy without the captions. print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Leiden paper engraving anatomy lesson. skull as symbol of 'Vanitas'. (children or putti) blowing bubbles, 'Homo Bulla' ~ scene symbolizing 'Vanitas'. animals (+ skeleton of an animal). (human) skeleton. medicine, medical science (+ scholar, scientist (at work)). medicine, medical science (+ tools, instruments; laboratory equipment ~ scientific research) University of Leiden. To lead
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